Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
hammer-shell .
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Examples
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The sea seemed to abound with fish; but unhappily, we tore our seine all to pieces at the first haul: Upon the mud banks, under the mangroves, we found innumerable oysters of various kinds; among others the hammer-oyster, and a large proportion of small pearl-oysters: If in deeper water there is equal plenty of such oysters at their full growth, a pearl fishery might certainly be established here to very great advantage.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 13 Robert Kerr 1784
hernesheir commented on the word hammer-oyster
This bivalve may be successfully opened with an oyster-hammer.
February 4, 2013